Marquise or canopy for buildings



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June 28, 1949. A. J. AUBLE' MARQUISE OR CANOPY FOR BUILDINGS 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 29, 1946 Inventor ARTHUR J. AUBLE mu awe; fi aawg Patented June 28, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARQUISE R CANOPY FOR BUILDINGS Arthur J. Auble, 0rd, N ebr.

Application August 29, 1946, Serial No. 693,630

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in a canopy or marquise for the entrance of a building and more particularly to a device of this character constructed of a plurality of sheet metal slats or leaves secured in spaced relation with respect to each other in order to provide shade from the sun and at the same time to allow light to pass therebetween.

An important object of the invention is to provide a canopy or marquise of this character which embodies means to afford protection from rain, but allowing the snow and air to pass therethrough to relieve the canopy of any great weight and at the same time afford light and ventilation with a tendency to provide rising air currents to cool the air under the canopy. A still further object of the invention is to provide drainage means for the slats or leaves of the canopy to remove water toward the front edge thereof.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view.

Figures 3 and 4 are fragmentary transverse sectional views taken respectively on the lines 33 and 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken on a line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention the numeral 5 designates an angle iron secured to the outer wall 6 of a building by bolts or the like 1.

The numeral 8 designates a plurality of canopy sections, each section being constructed of a plurality of inner integrally connected leaves 9 and a plurality of outer individual leaves I I], all of the leaves being constructed of sheet metal.

The leaves 9 and I ll are arranged longitudinally at the front of the building 6 and are inclined upwardly and rearwardly.

The rearmost leaf 9 is bent downwardly and forwardly to provide a channel I l which is secured to the angle iron 5 by bolts l2. The front edge of the leaves 9 are connected to the rear edge of an adjacent leaf by a vertical wall or Web l3. As indicated in Figure 3 of the drawings the web l3 of the rearmost leaf 9 may be constructed as a separate unit from the remaining leaves and secured at its upper edge in overlapping relation with the upper edge of the adjoining leaf 9 by bolts or the like M to provide a continuous construction for the rear group of leaves 9.

The lower edges of the leaves 9 are formed with a flat channel l5 and the upper edges of the leaves are also formed with an inverted flat channel l5a for a purpose more fully hereinafter described.

The ends of the leaves of the sections 8 are secured to the upper and lower flanges I5 and ll of transversely extending channel members l8 secured in back-to-back relation by bolts 19, the lower flange Il extending upwardly from the lower edge of the channel to provide drain troughs Ila at the end of the leaves. The ends of the leaves are secured to the upper and lower flanges l6 and I! by bolts 20 positioned in the channels I5 and I511.

The pair of back-to-back channels l8 may be integrally constructed of sheet metal with the upper flanges I6 thereof connected by a strip 2| overlying the channel as shown more clearly in Figure 5 of the drawings.

The troughs Ila of the channels l8 are supported at their inner ends on the angle iron 5 as shown in Figure 3 and the channel members I8 extend outwardly from the building 6 with the flanges l6 and I1 secured to the upper and lower edges of the leaves or slats 9 and IE3 at the end portions thereof and with the leaves positioned in spaced relation with respect to each other.

The lower edges of the leaves II] are formed with upwardly extending flanges 22 to provide longitudinally extending troughs 23 and the upper edges of the leaves ID are formed with downwardly and rearwardly inclined flanges 23a which overlie the troughs 23 to prevent rain from directly falling between the leaves while admitting light therethrough and for draining water from the upper edges of the leaves It! into i the troughs 23 and which is then drained into the leaves In by bolts and nuts 25, the hanger extending throughout the length of the canopy to rigidly edge of the plates welded or otherwise secured to the upper. edge of the hanger and with the lower edge of tlie plates secured to the upper edge of the front leaf ID by bolts and nuts 29.

The lower edge of the front leaf I is formed with an upwardly and inwardly extending flange to which is secured a channel shape'dfinish ing strip 3! having its lower flange 32 underlying the outer ends of the troughs Ila, of the channels [8.

The inner edge of the flange 32 i i formedwith a downwardly extending skirt 33 to which an ornamental glass valance 34 is suitably sbllle'df A" flashing stripv 35" is attached at its upper e'dge tothe wall 6 andextends downwardly therefioni'to. overlietheiipper edge of'the inner leaf 9 to prevenfdi'ipping of rain" water behind the canopy.

Angle iron braces 36" are bolted or otherwise suitably securedtransversely to the upper edges ofeachlea'f at the center of each section 8 of the canopy.

In. view of' the.foregoingdescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is- -b'elieved that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device willbequite apparent to those skilled in this art. A; more detailed description is accordingly demedunnecessary;

Itis to. be understood, however,- that even though. thereis herein shown anddescribed a' preferred'embodimentofthe invention the same isssusceptible' to certainchanges fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described andlthe scopeofthe appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. ..A ..canopy-v comprising. supporting a members extending outwardly. from the wall of 'a building andhavingutroughs. formed therein, a first group of transversely disposed'slats mounted between the inner ends of the supporting members, said slats. beingrearwardly and upwardly inclined and spacedll'fromheach other, means connected betweensaidlslats for .rigidifying. the slats and forming,a continuous cover member With tlle slats,- a second r group. of inclined slatsdisposed transversely-between the outenends of the supportir-igmembers, said slats 0f the second groupbeirigspariedlapart with respect to-each other to define air passages, each of said slats of the second group being formed with transverse troughs on their lower edges, means formed on the upper edges of each of the slats of the second group and disposed over the troughs of adjacent slats for directing water into the troughs and means for bracing the outer ends of the supporting members and outer end of the canopy to the wall of a building.

2. A canopy comprising supporting members projecting outwardly from the wall of a building and having troughs formed therein, a first group of inclined slats disposed transversely between the" inner ends of the supporting members, said slats'being spaced forwardly of each other, means connected between the upper and lower edges of adjacent slats for stabilizing the slats and forming a continuous undulated cover member, a second group of inclined parallel slats transversely disposed. between the outer ends of the supporting members, said slats of the second group being spaced forwardly of each otherahd formed with complementary spaced upper and lower overlapping edges whereby air passages are provided and means for attaching the outer e'iid' of the canopy to the Wall of a building.

3. A canopy comprising supporting members projecting outwardly from the wall of a building and having troughs formed therein, a first group of inclined parallei slats disposed transversely be tween the inner ends of the supporting members, means connected between said slats to form an undulated continuous rigidifled cover member having transverse troughs, a second group of slats disposed transversely between the outer ends of the supporting members and said slats being inclined in parallelism and spaced forwardly-of each other, transverse troughs formed on their,"

lower ends, downwardly directed flanges formed on their upper ends and overlapping said troughs, means for attaching the inner ends of the sup porting members to the wall of a building and means for bracing the outer end of the canopy. 4. The combination of claim 3, wherein-saidmeans connected between the slats of the'first group includes vertical walls disposed between" the upper and lower edges of adjacent slats? ARTHUR J. AUBLE:--

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in" this: file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,775,383 Auble Sept. 9,1930 

